Yi Has Big Night in Third Win Over Croatia B
Tuesday, 17th June 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
China's men's basketball team went 3-0 over its exhibition games with Croatia's B team, winning the third contest by a narrow margin of 80-76. Yi Jianlian scored 26 points, including a 17-point torrent over an eight-minute period in the second and third quarters.China also went 3-0 in exhibition games against the University of Memphis/Conference USA a few weeks ago. But three-win sweeps of a college team lacking its best players and a second-string national team are hardly a promise of great things in the Olympics in August. If Yao Ming is healthy, Yi has a strong performance and one or two other players step up with big nights, the team could pull off a surprise or two. But a trip to the bronze medal game is highly unlikely this year.
Yi improved with every game in this series—or, more accurately, he became more integrated into the team's offense. After scoring 8 points in the first contest, he got 18 the second. With 26 last night, he improved to about 17 points per game.
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Tags: basketball, Croatia, Olympics, Yi Jianlian
Yi Gets Double-double in Team China Win
Sunday, 15th June 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Yi Jianlian （易建联）of the Milwaukee Bucks had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Wang Shipen had 17 points, and Wang Zhizhi and Chen Jianghua had 12 apiece. Croatia and China play again in Jiyuan, Henan, Monday.
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Tags: basketball, Croatia, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian